Changeable bill of fare



(No Model.)

D. E. TERRILL.

UHANGEABLE BILL OF FARE.

NO. 396.716. Patented Jan. 22, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrica DELANCY E. TERRILL, OF COPENHAGEN, NEXVYORK'.

CHANGEABLE TBILL OF FARE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,'716, dated January22, 1889.

Application filed November 6, 1888. Serial No. .290,0'78. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, DELANGY E. TERRILL,a citizen of the United States,residing at Copenhagen, in the countyof Lewis and State of New I York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in hangeable Bills otFare; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the acconpanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which t'o-n a part ot' this specification.

This invention rclates to certain new and useful iinprovenents inchangeable bills ot' fare for use upon the tables ot' hotels and resitaurants; and it has particular reference to that class of devices ot'this characterin which the nanes of the several articles constitutingthe bill of fare are printed or otherwise suitably atfixed to the facesof strips of wood or metal, and so arrang'ed as to be capable ofreinoval or change 'froni time to tine when such ren'oval or change niay'for any reason be either necessary or desirable.

The object ot' the present invention is to general'ly sinplit'y and iinprove upon the con struction oi" this class oi" devices.

A 'further and the innnediate object ol'the invention is to provide asimple and inexpensive bill ot' fare, in which the interchangeablestrips are contained within suitable trays adapted to be tted withinsuitable metallic cases hinged t:g*ether at their adjacent edges, so asto resemble the covers of a boolv'. The edges ot' the cases are providedwith suitable fiauged edgeswhieh overlap the edg'es oi' the trayscontaining the strips, and both the overlapped edges and the outer'faces of the cases are designed to be eng'raved or otherwiseornanented.

To these ends, and to such others as the invention nay pertain, the sameconsists in the peculiar combinathins and in the novel construction,arrangenent, and adaptation of parts, all as more i'ully hereinafterdescribed, shown in the acconpanying drawings, and then specificallydefined 'in the appended claim.

The invention clearly illustrated in the acoompanying drawings, which,with the letters O' reference marked thereon, form apart of thisspecification, and in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective View of achangeable bill of fare constructed in accordance with niy invention,the same being shown as partly open. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of oneof the trays removed.

Reference now being had to the details ot' the drawings by letter, Adesignatesa shallow tray, made preferably of sheet metal, the ends andone of the sides ot' the tray being turned up, so as to form the endsand side B B and 1, the upper edges ot which are designed to be flushwith the face of the glass forning the covering of the strips within thetray when in, use.

D D are stri ps, oi' either wood or metal, each havin printed orotherwise at'lixed to its outer face the name of an article. Thesestrips are of such length as will serve to perinit of their being fittedtransversely within the tray, the same being placed in and removed'I'OI'H the tray at the open side of the same.

E is a plate, of glass or other transparent substance adapted to suchuse, which forms a eovering for the strips D.

The side C oi' the tray is provided upon its outer face with a spring,F, one end of which spring is secured to the side of the tray 'near oneot' its ends, and the spring is extended along the side of the tray, asshown, with its free end bearin against the same.

G G are metallic cases adapted to receive the trays just described.These cases are open at their lower ends, so as to pernit the trays tobe slid into place, while the sides and upper end ol' the cases areextended upward and are bent over, so as to enbrace the sides and upperend of the tray. This overlapping edge H may be suitably ornamented, soas to form a Very neat and attractive 'trane for the inclosed bill offare.

It will be readily understood that when the tray is placed in positionwithin the case G the spring F, which is secured to the side of thetray, as shown, will bear against the side of the case, and will thusserve to retain the tray in place.

If 'for any reason it should be considered as desirable, instead ot'enploying two of the cases, as I have shown, any desired number ofsimilar cases may be used instead, each of the said cases being hingedto the edge of the next ease in the series, thus forming a folderinstead of a book form.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim to be new is- As an'improved article of inanufacture, the

herein-described changeable bill of fare, eonprising, in combination, aseries of trays, each having its en ds and one of its sides turned up,as described, and a spring Secured at one of its ends to the side of thetray, relnovable inedges of its turned-up sides and end turned nwardly,so as to retain and form a frame for r the tray containing theindicating-strips, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I a'Ffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DELANCY E. TERRILL. \Vitn esses:

FRED. S. CHICKERING, R. E. DEWEY.

